We spent last July 4th in Guatemala, specifically traveling via luxury van fromLake AtitlántoAntigua. Antigua is one of Guatemala’s former capitals. It was destroyed by a terrible earthquake in the late 1700s, but its since been rebuilt and is an adorable Spanish Colonial city about an hour...
The owner’s name is Dean and he likes traveling around and poking into out of the way places with his canoe. But, he said, it was too unstable to allow him to go certain places. So, he took a Standup Paddleboard and but it in half along the centerline. Topped it off with some ...
In some Central American countries, including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, the streets are decorated with vividly hued designs along the route of Good Friday processions. The tradition of creating these “alfombras,” Spanish for carpet or rug, originated in Spain’s Andalusia region. The...
It is easy to call those from Canada Canadians, those from Mexico Mexicans, and those from Guatemala Guatemalans. But there is no word derivable from “The United States of America” in the same vein unless, of course, we take the last word in this phrase, “America”, and use Americans...
An almost fatalist attitude became apparent in a comment made by one respondent who scored highly on Factor 3, after completion of the Q sorting exercise. They suggested that all statements failed to take into account that strategic dam planning de facto takes places among a tiny group of ...
guatemalaIn recent years the North American sustainable coffee market, consisting of Fair Trade, organic and shade-grown certified varieties, has steadily increased. This paper explores the local history and daily practice of sustainable coffee cultivation among a group of Guatemalan small coffee growers...
Belize is a small country in Central America; Mexico is to the North, and Guatemala is to the West and South. The country’s pristine Caribbean coastline stretches for 240miles or 386km and is littered with many uninhabited coral islands or ‘cayes’ that can only be explored by boat. ...
letters. The final two storms of the season clobbered Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras but didn’t hit Costa Rica directly. The low pressure associated with the storms dragged warm moist air from the Pacific towards the Caribbean causing torrential rainfall and flooding reminiscent of Otto in 2016...
Once you're in the area you can easily travel around by bus or car. It is possible to take public transportation across the border into Guatemala. This is a popular option for many travelers. Once in Guatemala, the most popular destination is the ruins of Tikal, but the entire country ...
and that other major cultural organizations often pay more attention to protecting places in the developed world. For example, the UNESCO has 45 World Heritage places in Italy, 42 in Spain, but Peru, famous for its ancient Incan buildings, has only 9 World Heritage places. Guatemala has only...